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About the Catalog Tab
Use these tools to create and edit catalog items. The Catalog tab opens when you click to open a catalog sheet.
Clipboard Group
Use the Clipboard commands to cut copy and paste design items.
• Paste—Click the arrow to display paste options.
◦ Paste Shapes—Pastes a new shape of the copied components. Conductors are filtered out.
◦ Paste—Pastes a new instance of all copied design objects including conductors.
• Cut—Cuts the selected design object.
• Copy—Copies the selected design object.
Explorers Group
Use the Explorers commands to open explorer dialog boxes.
• Catalog Explorer—Opens the Catalog Explorer dialog box.
• Datatable Explorer
Create Group
Use the Create commands to instance catalog items and create labels.
• Instance Port—Opens the ports Catalog Selector dialog box.
• Place New Shape—Opens the Add Member Shapes dialog box.
• Label—Displays additional commands.
◦ Add Label—Opens the Create Label dialog box.
◦ Convert Text to Label—Converts the selected text to a label.
•
—Opens the block Catalog Selector dialog box.
• —Opens the groups Catalog Selector dialog box.
• —Opens the fibers Catalog Selector dialog box.
Info Group
Use the Info commands create and obtain information for component datums.
• Set Datum—Attaches a new datum to the pointer.
• Coordinate Viewer—Opens the Coordinate Viewer dialog box with the coordinates of the component datum.
Cable Group
Use the Cable commands to create and edit cables and cable decorations.
• Reorder Logical Names—Opens the Reorder Logical Names dialog box.
• Decorations—Displays additional commands.
◦ Add Cable Decoration—Changes the pointer to add a cable decoration.
◦ Remove Cable Decoration—Changes the pointer. Select a decoration to remove.
• —Opens the Select a core fiber dialog box.
• —Prompts to select a cable decoration to move.
• —Prompts to select a decoration to add a shield port.
Variable Group Group
Use the Variable Group commands to automatically create cells in a variable group.
• Create Cells—Click the arrow to create vertical or horizontal cells.
◦ Vertical Cells—Automatically creates vertical cells.
◦ Horizontal Cells—Automatically creates horizontal cells.
• Create Boxed Cells—Click the arrow to automatically create vertical or horizontal boxed cells.
◦ Vertical Cells with Box—Automatically creates boxed vertical cells.
◦ Horizontal Cells with Box—Automatically creates boxed horizontal cells.
• Click Variable Group to display an additional command.
◦ Fix Index of Shape—Fixes the main index of the open variable group shape.
Scalable Group
Use the Scalable commands to set labels and ports to rigid or scalable.
• Ports—Click the arrow to select and set ports to be rigid or scalable.
◦ Select Rigid Ports—Highlights rigid ports on the sheet.
◦ Select Scalable Ports—Highlights scalable ports on the sheet.
◦ Set Ports Rigid—Sets all ports to rigid.
◦ Set Ports Scalable—Sets all ports to scalable.
• Label—Click the arrow to select and set labels to be rigid or scalable.
◦ Select Rigid Labels—Highlights rigid labels on the sheet.
◦ Select Scalable Labels—Highlights scalable labels on the sheet.
◦ Set Labels Rigid—Sets all labels to rigid.
◦ Set Labels Scalable—Sets all labels to scalable.
Scenery Group
Use the Scenery commands to set and move scenery.
• Lock—Click the arrow to lock shapes or scenery.
◦ Scene—Closes the shape to edit scenery.
◦ Shape—Opens the shape and closes scenery.
• Move—Click the arrow to move shapes to scenery or geometry to a shape.
◦ Move to Shape—Moves the selected geometry to the shape.
◦ Move to Scene—Moves the selected geometry to the scenery.
Cross Reference Group
Use the Cross Reference commands to work with cross-referenced group shapes.
• Associate Cross-reference—Opens the Select a cross reference shape dialog box.
• Break Link—Breaks the a association to the cross-referenced group shape.
Close
Use the Close Sheet command to close the Catalog sheet.